Fake Meat, Trade, Dietary Guidelines, Regulatory Relief Top List The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) released its official Policy Priorities for 2019. The release came as approximately 10,000 members of the cattle…
Helping Producers Aid Monarch Butterfly
…as well as benefit their agricultural operations.” The overwintering monarch butterfly’s western population declined by 85 percent between 2017 and 2018, according to counts released by the Xerces Society for…
Participation Encouraged for the 2019 Labor Survey
…very helpful when we start talking to our senators [and] to our congressional representatives.” In the 2017 Agricultural Labor Availability Survey, there were 762 farmers and ranchers throughout California who…
WTO Sides with the U.S. on Chinese Agriculture Subsidies
…been working to adjust its subsidy programs. Minimum prices for rice were reduced for the first time in 2017, followed by further cuts in rice and wheat prices last year….
Super Bowl Chicken Wings Consumption
…for restaurants, are disjointed, with the third joint (the thin part known as the wing tip or flapper) being exported to Asian countries and the meatier first and second joints…
A ‘Hot’ Addition to Medley Packaging
…includes a variety of hot peppers that range in colors and includes habaneros, Brazilian starfish, serranos, and others. Meant as more of a sample pack for consumers, Jacobs Farm Del Cabo…
Meat Inspectors, Price Reporting Staff Still On The Job
In response to erroneous reports in the news and (mostly) on social media, the National Pork Producers Council is reminding pork producers and consumers that federal meat inspectors are working…
EU Won’t Include Agriculture In Trade Talks With U.S.
…barriers on pork limited U.S. pork exports to the second largest pork-consuming market in the world to less than 4,000 metric tons in 2017. The United States sends more pork…
HLB Detections Increased in 2018 as Monitoring Efforts Intensify
…the HLB infection.” The first discovery of HLB in California occurred in 2012 in Hacienda Heights. The disease was found in 269 trees in 2017 and another 699 trees in…
2018 Farm Bill A Hit for California Agriculture
…With those nine commodities bringing in more than $1.1 to $6.56 billion each in 2017, it’s no wonder why California also accounts for 13 percent of the nation’s total agriculture…
California Lawmakers Introduce New Immigration Legislation for Ag Workers
…a study from the University of California Davis which estimated approximately 253,000 farm workers in California are undocumented, equaling nearly 60 percent of the workforce. A 2017 California Farm Bureau…
Food Safety Inspections Resuming Amid Government Shutdown
…has continued food inspections on meat and poultry items using unpaid inspectors, as those services are considered essential. Gottlieb noted that roughly a third of all inspections the FDA conducts…
Farmers and Ranchers Digest Information on Alternative Protein Sources
…how to get the message out about the products they produce. Plant-based “meats” (Impossible Foods, Inc. and Beyond Meat) and cell-based meats (Memphis Meats and Mosa Meat) are two types…
Crop Year 2017 Demonstrated Growth for California Agriculture
…sweet cherries both had sizable value increases in 2017. The crop year 2017 saw significant gains in value despite an overall reduction in the amount of land used for farming…